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CONQUEST OF BHARATAVARSA BY SAGARA
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lion. He directed his mind on the god Krtamāla, and made a three days' fast. For the great do not abandon their duty. When the King's three days' fast was finished, his (Kịtamāla's) throne shook. For even mountains shake at the exertion of such people. By employing clairvoyant knowledge, Kệtamāla knew that the Cakrin had arrived and, standing in the air, approached him like his lord. He gave the collection of ornaments, of which the tilaka is the fourteenth,802 suitable for the woman-jewel, garments, sandal-powder, wreaths, etc. Saying, “Hail! Hail ! Your Majesty," he promised service. For the cakrins must be served by gods as well as men. After conversing with him graciously, the King dismissed him, and with his retinue broke his fast of three days. Then Sagara considerately held an eight-day festival for the god Kệtamāla. For that gives pleasure to the gods.
Conquest of the southern district of the Sindhu (153–175)
At the end of the eight-day festival, Sagara instructed his general to conquer the west district 80% of the Sindhu
302 149. See I, n. 290.
808 153. The 'sindhuniskuta 'is the part of Bharatavarşa bounded on the east and south by the Sindhu, on the west by the ocean, and on the north by the Kşudrahimavat Mts. It is divided by Mt. Vaitādhya into north and south 'nişkuțas.' The same applies to the Gangāniskuța which is bounded by the Gangā on the west and the ocean on the east. Here it is the southern district that is conquered. Below, in 243, it is the northern part, though Hem. uses only paścima' in both cases. In 1. 4. 249, 458, 539 and 586, Hem. Specifies the northern and southern divisions. In the Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen (1932, pp. 293 ff.) Prof. Schubring discusses Hem.'s variations from the accounts Jamb. and Āva. of this expedition of conquest. Prof. Schubring is mistaken, however, in saying that in the first parvan, Hemacandra has combined the conquests of the north and south divisions into one. In the Trişaşțio, as in the Jambūdvipaprajñapti, the general is sent to conquer the south Sindhuniskuța; then after his return they march through Tamisrā, subdue the Kirātas, and then the general conquers the north Sindhunişkuța. In the conquest of the Gangāniskuța, Hem.
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